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Chapter 5 and One Beginning

"There seems to be nothing wrong with saying that." Abu rubbed his nose with a wry smile. He also came from a poor family, and he was very familiar with the scene of poking a hornet's nest.

"But..." Qin Ke whispered into Abu's ear suddenly, "I always have a feeling that Tang Jun is so crazy, it doesn't seem to be because we keep attacking and burning their food and grass, and want to come to us for revenge. Will...they just want to encircle and suppress Wang Xuanwei?"

Abu was slightly taken aback, not understanding what Qin Ke meant: "Why do you say that?"

"Intuition." Qin Ke couldn't tell the reason, so he could only attribute it to the illusory thing like intuition. "I had this feeling when I rushed out of Jinzhou. The leader of the Tang Dynasty, Xiang Chu, seemed to Wang Xuanwei He was very interested. Otherwise, why didn't he just sit in the back and command the army, but ran to the front of the formation alone to fight Wang Xuanwei?"

Abu was dumbfounded, but he didn't quite agree with Qin Ke's baseless guess, "General Xiang...as the commander in chief, shouldn't he be so impulsive?"

"Then who knows. Maybe the two of them were once jealous over a certain woman?"

Qin Ke groaned, because he was actually troubled because he couldn't change the status quo, so he said such a conclusion indiscriminately. He just lowered his head and didn't notice that Abu's face suddenly turned pale, and his expression was so bleak that he seemed to be trapped. The man stabbed with a knife.

He hummed a song in a low voice, held a stick, and pounded the fire.

The charcoal fire and dry wood danced into fiery red ashes in his stick, and those dancing flames swam among them like dexterous snakes, and then the light became brighter, illuminating their cheeks, and at the same time driving away some of the chill in the night .

The boundary of the Mohist family is much colder than Jingwu, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River. If it is deep winter, heavy snow will seal the entire mountain range, and it will be covered in white everywhere.As long as a person opens the door at home, the cold wind is like a knife, poking at the naked face of the person, and every time the sting is unbearable.

And all the way to the north, and then reaching the grasslands of the sea and even the boundary of the Great Wall, the coldness is even more doubled.

Once the Great Wall in the extreme north enters deep winter, the entire Great Wall will be covered in frost. I really don't know how those people on the Great Wall and Canghai survived in such a bitterly cold place.

"At this time in previous years...it's time to eat stew." Qin Ke was a little sad thinking about the situation in the past: the small pot on the small red clay stove was picked from the mountain and dried and stored. Wild vegetables and mushrooms.

In some years, the harvest is good. When those uncles and aunts go out to the mountains, they may bring back a few slices of bacon, mixed with tofu and tossed in the clear soup. Pick up a piece and eat it. The warm heat has been from the throat to the abdomen. In the middle of it, one couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.

"Abu, why don't you talk?" Qin Ke finally felt that something was wrong, turned his head slightly, and met Abu's panicked eyes.

He followed Abu's gaze and turned his head. In the silence of the night, Wang Xuanwei's whole body was covered in a black cloak, his eyes were as deep as a bottomless cave, one glance, as if he would fall deeply into it.

Qin Ke trembled all over, and immediately stood up, wanted to explain a few words, but was at a loss for words for a moment, he guessed that Wang Xuanwei must have heard what he just slandered, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

This guy has a bad temper...

However, Wang Xuanwei only glanced at them indifferently, and his voice was as heavy as a boulder, beating on their hearts: "Come with me, I have something to explain to you."

Qin Ke and Abu glanced at each other, but Wang Xuanwei had already turned around and left, which forced them to follow in a hurry.

In the next few days, the movement of the Tang army became more and more massive. Perhaps it was because they felt that they no longer had to hide their tracks. While the 12 Tang army mightily blocked the main roads from different directions, they even directed the encirclement towards the Mohist cavalry. close up.

Under such invisible oppression, the more than 1 Mohist cavalry also fell into a very delicate emotion.

Although up to now, most people still put absolute trust in Wang Xuanwei, believing that under Wang Xuanwei's command, it is impossible to suffer defeat, but under this heavy trust, there are still some different thoughts. come out.

"Is the general a little confused?" Wang Nan, who was originally a loyalist of Guo Kai, leaned towards Zhang Jiuxin in front of him.

At first, he was a little disdainful towards Zhang Jiuxin. After all, ordinary soldiers didn't know about the "traitor general", but he knew it all too well.

But these days, he and Zhang Jiuxin have gradually put aside their previous grievances, and they have begun to exchange opinions on the march.

"The current situation is very clear. Now that the Tang army is not completely surrounded and the foothold is unstable, we should rush out and break out directly. When are we waiting?"

Zhang Jiuxin sat on the horse, looked at Wang Xuanwei's back from a distance, his eyes flickered, and said quietly: "The Tang army marched in a stable formation, and they didn't disarm their armor when they slept at night. They slept with their quiver and knife on their pillows. How can we see the stability? I’m afraid it’s because our foothold is too stable, so the speed of encircling us is slower than expected, and it must be for safety.”

Wang Nan's throat choked up, and his face was flushed by Zhang Jiuxin's plain words. After a while, he said, "What are you showing off at this time? I am indeed not as good as you in leading troops to fight, but am I anxious?" !"

"It's rare for General Wang to be so submissive?" Zhang Jiuxin smiled slightly, although there was no irony, but it was still dazzling in Wang Nan's eyes at the moment.

"you……"

"Wang Nan." Zhang Jiuxin interrupted him, "Since you claim to be inferior to me in leading troops, why do you think that the general is confused? Could it be...in your eyes, the general is worse than me?"

"That's not what I meant." Wang Nan held the reins of the horse and said, "You should understand that I didn't mean to slander the general. It's just that the general is over fifty years old after all. You can see that his hair at the temples is gray and I was treated so unfairly in the court... Since marching, I have worked hard every day, so it is hard to guarantee that my thoughts will not decline because of this..."

"Regression?" Zhang Jiuxin raised his head slightly, and shifted his gaze from Wang Xuanwei's back to the sky. Goshawks were circling in the air with a vigorous figure, but his eyes suddenly became brighter.

He turned his head and said solemnly: "Wang Nan. The matter has come to this point. The general obviously has his own plan, and those of us who are subordinates can only follow through, unless...you want to do it again like Lin Xin did back then. ..."

"Don't, don't, I didn't say that." Wang Nancai didn't have such thoughts, and quickly shook his head and said, "I'm just worried, how can I think otherwise, me, how dare I? Bah... It doesn't matter if you dare or not Well, my old Wang is not that kind of person at all, okay! That’s the general, even if he gives an order to take my old Wang’s life, I’ll wipe my neck without saying a word, believe it or not? It’s just that life is not life or death right now of……"

"I'm just saying that. General Wang doesn't need to express his opinion in a hurry." Zhang Jiuxin smiled slightly, and then continued to look into the distance, his eyes wandering, "Actually, I haven't thought about what you think...you think I don't worry about it. Is it?"

Wang Nan looked at him suspiciously: "Then what are you doing now..."

Zhang Jiuxin showed a slightly bitter smile: "But after thinking about it, I feel that maybe this is the fate of our generals. The current situation is like this, so what can we do?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Wang Nan with a strange expression to continue to ask questions, and suddenly put his horse back on his back and walked towards the front of the queue.

Maybe he was bored, or maybe he had already made up his mind to be loyal to the end, in that case, it would be useless to talk more.

Chapter 5 and two enter the battle

Qin Ke rode a horse not far behind the two of them. Although the voices of the two were not loud, the wind vision technique is a thaumaturgy, which can expand the hearing range of people to an unbelievable level, so naturally they would not hear it. There was no conversation between the two.

"The current situation is like this, what can we do?" Qin Ke repeated Zhang Jiuxin's words, and thought of Wang Xuanwei's explanation to him and Abu that night. How to start.

Don't think about it, you can't do anything.

He patted his cheek, trying to cheer himself up.

Slightly raising his head, he looked at the team of tens of thousands of people. All of them were majestic in black armor, spreading from the front of the team to the end of the road, like a surging black tide, but who knew that they were also helpless?

They have no direction to go but forward.Perhaps this is the fate of everyone in the world. Even if there is an iron-blooded battlefield ahead, or a raging fire, even if they know that the next journey is close to death, they can only let themselves approach step by step.

Later, some people will lose their lives, and as a result, even a piece of earthen bread will not be available. Crows will cling to their remnants, vying for their flesh and blood, making unpleasant noises, and the trembling flag standing under the setting sun will finally collapse. fell down.

From this point of view, they are no different from the victims on the way to flee the famine back then.

Just at this time, a messenger riding a black horse and wearing black armor, holding a military flag and galloping all the way to the rear of the queue, roared majesticly and loudly.

"The general has an order! The whole army passes through Xiaoshan at the fastest speed and breaks through the defense line of the Tang army!"

Qin Ke's body shook suddenly, he opened his mouth, and before he could make any sound, a wave of cheers had completely engulfed him.

The Mohist cavalry who came this way have been avoiding battles for several days, and they are already very tired. The restless blood in everyone's body urgently needs a vent, and the brand new sabers on their waists are also eagerly waiting to be unsheathed. They forcefully wound the arrows on the hand crossbows, and the sound of iron hooves rumbled on the mountain road like thunder before a thunderstorm.

Wang Nan laughed wildly, his face flushed with excitement, and he shouted loudly: "Follow me! If anyone falls behind, I will beat him to death!"

Everyone laughed loudly, and the marching speed of the whole team suddenly accelerated. With cheerful laughter and impassioned feelings, tens of thousands of cavalry continued to move forward in the billowing smoke and dust, as if they were not going to a battlefield, but a place full of people. Had a feast of wine and meat.

The saber reflected the sunlight, illuminating Qin Ke's melancholy eyes.

"Is it really Xiaoshan?" On a high hillside, Xiang Chu quietly listened to Li Mo's report, and nodded slightly. Although on the surface, he seemed indifferent, Li Mo could detect the innocence in his eyes. The light seemed to be a little brighter, with a little eagerness to try.

"That's right... this is what you are best at. Even in such an encirclement, you can easily see the flaws in it." Xiang Chu said softly, obviously there was no one in front of him, but he seemed to be far away distance, talking face to face with Wang Xuanwei.

"Won't the general send troops for reinforcements?" Li Mo stood behind Xiang Chu with a respectful attitude. After Jinzhou's defeat, he has changed a lot. At least now, he respects Xiang Chu from the bottom of his heart, not just pretending Out of hypocrisy.

The scene seemed vast, but it was actually extremely detailed.

First of all, it was not easy to predict Wang Xuanwei's movements. Even though the cavalry was mighty and the movement was not small, Wang Xuanwei's skillful use of troops was unimaginable to everyone in the Tang army.

Li Mei once sent nearly forty routes of scouts, but none of them allowed him to judge Wang Xuanwei's movements, on the contrary, he even lost six routes.

The Tang Army has besieged Xingzhou for some days. After cutting off the water veins upstream, the city of Xingzhou has already been reduced to a hell on earth. The people cannot drink a sip of water. The situation is maintained, but I don't know how long I can hold on.

The entire northeast direction of the Mo family, from Xingzhou to Jinzhou, can be said to have been controlled by the Tang army.

However, Wang Xuanwei was able to lead an army of tens of thousands of people to wander among them like ghosts.

From this point, he also saw the helplessness and unpredictable changes of the allied forces of the various countries back then, which was the scary part of Wang Xuanwei's use of troops. If it was not for this point, why would the allied forces of the various countries be played by Wang Xuanwei in the palm of his hand? Until each one is broken?

As for Xiang Chu, just sitting in the camp and looking at the map hanging on the shelf, he guessed that Wang Xuanwei would detour to Cangqing Ridge to raid Diancang County, the third granary of the Tang Army, and that's how today's incident happened. A huge encirclement.

But a simple siege is obviously not enough.

The reason why Wang Xuanwei took Cangqing Ridge was not only because he could surprise people by surprise from this mountain path, but also because the mountains around Cangqing Mountain were undulating and stretching for hundreds of miles, and the roads were intricate. Will gradually get lost in this unknown.

It's like a cat trying to catch a scurrying mouse in a messy warehouse. How easy is it?

An army of 12 sounds like a lot, but once it is divided into four places, a team will only be 3 or [-]. The Mohist cavalry under Wang Xuanwei's command are equipped with black cavalry, and their sharpness is already higher than that of ordinary cavalry.

If they really made up their minds and wanted to break through the infantry all the way out of the encirclement, then all the efforts of the Tang army would be turned into water, not to mention wasting the army's food and grass, maybe Wang Xuanwei would seize some opportunity to attack them fiercely because of this. Tang Jun will inevitably be damaged.

After all, he is a real saint-seeker. Wang Xuanwei's name has been tempered with blood and fire. It is definitely not in vain. Anyone who dares to underestimate him will be given a miserable defeat.

Li Mei felt a little ashamed when he thought of his initial contempt for Wang Xuanwei.

Xiang Chu didn't pay attention to how many thoughts Li Mo behind him was thinking at this moment, or he didn't care about the feelings of the people around him at all.

"Support? No need." He played with the weapon in his hand. It was a halberd, with its curved flanks and spikes at the top, which was daunting, and its length was even more terrifying.

Originally, with Xiang Chu's height, he could be called a burly man, but when he stood up holding the big halberd, the head of the halberd surpassed him by more than one head.

This nearly one-foot-long halberd is made of diamonds. It has been tempered by the most outstanding craftsmen in the Tang Kingdom for more than six years. It weighs 380 catties. Ordinary practitioners of Qi and blood will have to weigh it if they want to hold it. Don't even think about wielding it as a weapon.

But Xiang Chu can, even dance this halberd like a wild dragon, and the sound of the wind resounds through the world.

Among Xiang Chuping's few rare hands-on trials, Li Mo only saw it once, but was deeply shocked by the scene at that time-in just one round, the halberd chopped off the sixteenth leg of a master in the army. The long knife with a handle, and even the powerful force attached to it, shocked those masters lying on the bed for nearly three months and could not move.

Li Mei thought that with his level as a junior master, he might not be able to bear Xiang Chu's halberd head-on.

Taking out this halberd proves that Xiang Chu no longer intends to keep his hand, and this time the battle with Wang Xuanwei must be fought heartily, and the battle will be decided between life and death.

"Pass down the order." Xiang Chu laughed wildly, and his breath was so powerful that the canopy on the side rolled up and down uncomfortably, and the tip of the halberd trembled slightly.

"Let Xuan Jia re-ride and feed the horse, and the food is half full. This farce should be over."

Before Xiang Chu finished speaking, the fighting at the foot of Xiaoshan was already in full swing. The soldiers held swords in their hands and churned like an iron tide. The blood and flesh splashed out and the smoke and dust from the overturned horses intertwined in the air, and there were screams of people everywhere. And the wailing of war horses.

"Kill! Kill! Scatter them!" Wang Nan's eyes were shining blood-red, and his leather armor was already wet with sweat. Every time he gasped, the white mist was like a sharp arrow. As he turned slightly sideways, With a flash of the saber in his hand, the head of a Tang Jun rose into the sky.

Seeing the bravery of their own general, the Mohist cavalry naturally scrambled to be the first to attack. A group of black cavalry was like a sharp knife, piercing into the enemy's formation and tearing the Tang army's hastily organized formation to pieces.

Afterwards, the two teams of cavalry led by Qin Ke and Abu also outflanked from the two wings all the way, and the two rounds of hand crossbow salvos were like black raindrops.

"Kill!" Qin Ke shouted, and the Bodhisattva sword was out of its sheath in his hand.

At the same time, the thousand cavalry behind him, lined up in a formation of sharp arrows, received an order, and the saber that had been suppressed for a long time finally showed a cold edge at this moment. Bloody.

In the past few days, Qin Ke's injury has recovered greatly, and his strength has basically recovered. In such a battle, although he looks small, he is so powerful.

In front of him, there was almost no single enemy. During the swing of the Bodhisattva sword, seven people were beheaded in a row, all with one blow.

Qi and blood continued to rage in his body, Qin Ke rushed all the way, but also felt that there was chaos in front of him, obviously the sword was extremely accurate, but he just couldn't see the faces of those people clearly.

He seemed to be just following his instincts, raising his hand, drawing out his sword, killing people, raising his hand again, drawing out his sword...

Only Scarlet.

Chapter 5 and Three

Under the sharpness of the Bodhisattva sword, even the fine iron armor could not resist, and one piece was split into two pieces, probably because of the full drinking of blood, the bewitching red light that had appeared once again slowly spread on the sword body, Although inconspicuous, it is so weird.

The sound of fighting covered his wind vision technique, he seemed to hear someone shouting at him, but he couldn't hear clearly, so he questioned his hearing, or...these voices were actually the people he killed The final cry?

Probably very painful, right?

Qin Ke's heart trembled slightly, the chaos in his mind subsided a lot, and the situation in front of him became clearer. Slowly, he heard an urgent shout: "A Ke! A Ke!"

Qin Ke suddenly raised his head, and the nervous Abu was already a hundred steps away from him.

Only then did he realize how he had rushed into the core of the Tang army's middle army without knowing it.

Although the purpose of him and Abu was to cut into the central army, so that the Tang army could not take care of both ends, but he rushed too fast just now, and even Abu's equally powerful offensive could not keep up with him.

The sharp voice reached his ears, Qin Ke's heart moved, but he got off the horse at the first time, then he raised his head slightly, and a feathered arrow flashed from the top of his head, with the swift wind, the great power ,Shocking.

Qin Ke didn't have time to marvel, because just as he got off his horse, countless spears of the Tang army stabbed at him.

He turned slightly sideways, and five spears happened to pass between his waist and abdomen, and he raised the Bodhisattva sword without haste. Wherever the sharp edge touched, the spears broke one after another. Several Tang soldiers saw this situation, A bit of fear suddenly arose, but their formation was not confused because of this, and they retreated in an orderly manner.

Six Tang soldiers stepped forward with their heads held high, and the spears swarmed again.

Qin Ke frowned slightly, and wanted to back away, but just as his legs were about to exert strength, he immediately forcibly stopped his steps.

It wasn't because he didn't want to retreat, but because behind him, a few spears also stretched out and stabbed him. For a moment, he was attacked by the enemy, unable to advance, and unable to retreat.

These Tang troops obviously knew how to deal with practitioners, and with the shout of a voice, the encirclement of all Tang troops shrank instantly.

"Humph." Qin Ke was not afraid when he saw the spear approaching. Although he was still young, he went all the way back to the realm of the Mohists. The one who just left Daoxiang Village.

Without haste, he jumped up, his figure was like a petrel, light and elegant, and in just a short breath, he had already fallen, with his toes lightly touching one of the spears, The technique of Xunfeng not only allows him to hear wider, but also makes his body as light as a feather.

After a few ups and downs, the spears that were originally used to stab him became his footboards instead.

At the moment when Qi and blood surged all over his body, his whole body soared into the air again.

But this time, he was no longer elegant, but with a sharp edge, shooting out like a sharp arrow off the string!

He knew that his goal should not be these ordinary soldiers of the Tang army from the very beginning. Although he has a good cultivation now, he has a Bodhisattva sword at his side, and it is easy to deal with more than a dozen ordinary people at the same time, but so what? ?In the vast battle formation, if ten people die, there will be ten or dozens of people... Even a small grandmaster will be exhausted by their wheel fighting method.